The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 eBook

the Yauddheyas, the ruler of Madras and the Kaikeyas,
the Amvashtas, the Kaukuras, the Tarkshyas, the Vastrapas
along with the Palhavas, the Vashatayas, the Mauleyas
along with the Kshudrakas, and the Malavas, the Paundrayas,
the Kukkuras, the Sakas, the Angas, the Vangas, the
Punras, the Sanavatyas, and the Gayas—­these
good and well-born Kshatriyas distributed into regular
clans and trained to the use of arms, brought tribute
unto king Yudhishthira by hundreds and thousands.
And the Vangas, the Kalingas, the Magadhas, the Tamraliptas,
the Supundrakas, the Dauvalikas, the Sagarakas, the
Patrornas, the Saisavas, and innumerable Karnapravaranas,
who presented themselves at the gate, were told by
the gate-keepers at the command of the king, that
if they could wait and bring good tribute they could
obtain admission. Then the kings of those nations
each gave a thousand elephants furnished with tusks
like unto the shafts of ploughs and decked with girdles
made of gold, and covered with fine blankets and therefore,
resembling the lotus in hue. And they were all
darkish as rocks and always musty, and procured from
the sides of the Kamyaka lake, and covered with defensive
armour. And they were also exceedingly patient
and of the best breed. And having made these
presents, those kings were permitted to enter.
O king, these and many others, coming from various
regions, and numberless other illustrious kings, brought
jewels and gems unto this sacrifice. And Chitraratha,
also the king of Gandharvas, the friend of Indra, gave
four hundred horses gifted with the speed of the wind.
And the Gandharva Tumvuru gladly gave a hundred horses
of the colour of mango leaf and decked in gold.
And, O thou of the Kuru race, the celebrated king of
the Mlechcha tribe, called the Sukaras, gave many
hundreds of excellent elephants. And Virata,
the king of Matsya, gave as tribute two thousand elephants
decked in gold. And king Vasudana from the kingdom
of Pansu presented unto the son of Pandu six and twenty
elephants and two thousand horses. O king, all
decked in gold and endued with speed and strength and
in full vigour of youth, and diverse other kinds of
wealth. And Yajnasena presented unto the sons
of Pandu for the sacrifice, fourteen thousand serving-girls
and ten thousand serving-men with their wives, many
hundreds of excellent elephants, six and twenty cars
with elephants yoked unto them, and also his whole
kingdom. And Vasudeva of the Vrishni race, in
order to enhance the dignity of Arjuna, gave fourteen
thousands of excellent elephants. Indeed, Krishna
is the soul of Arjuna and Arjuna is the soul of Krishna,
and whatever Arjuna may say Krishna is certain to
accomplish. And Krishna is capable of abandoning
heaven itself for the sake of Arjuna. and Arjuna also
is capable of sacrificing his life for the sake of
Krishna. And the Kings of Chola and Pandya, though
they brought numberless jars of gold filled with fragrant
sandal juice from the hills of Malaya, and loads of